Possible Clues:

• Quiet, living in a place such as Cleveland?
• February honoree
• Top person in attendance without identification
• Grant, say, a minimal amount to occupant
• Bush? Occupier's after power
• One's at the top where the living sounds soft
• Leader I'd put in here
• The chief executive of a republic
• The leader who might deter spin doctor?
• Head of a republic - or a club